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Birhor Children's Book: Abun Ari Re ("Our Surroundings")

Description: This is a beginner-level children's book in the Birhoɽ language of India, a minority ‘tribal’ language belonging to the Munda language family. ""Abun Ari Re (Our Surroundings)"" represents the first-ever publication in this endangered language. Several hundred copies were printed and freely distributed by Living Tongues Institute researchers to Birhor communities in 2022. The Birhoɽ were formerly a nomadic group specialized as natural-vine-fibre rope makers. This book targets the earliest age g… more
Date: 2022
Creator: Anderson, Gregory D. S.
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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A Survey of the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Birhor People of India

Description: This book was created by the authors based on interviews with Biswanath Birhoɽ, Etwa Birhoɽ, Semal Birhoɽ, Birsa Birhoɽ, Kaushila Birhoɽ, Bitni Birhoɽ, Malti Birhoɽ, Seema Birhoɽ, Madhuri Birhoɽ and Kameshwar Birhoɽ. It focuses on traditional plant knowledge and the ethnobotanical customs of the Birhoɽ people who live in Ranchi and Hazaribagh districts of Jharkhand, India. This study documents the Birhoɽ’s local ecological knowledge that has developed over many years of trial and investigation,… more
Date: 2022
Creator: Anderson, Gregory D. S.
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Partner: UNT College of Information

A Trilingual Dictionary of Birhoɽ: Birhoɽ-Hindi-English

Description: Writing a dictionary for a critically endangered language like Birhoɽ is a difficult task. While the older community members still retain their language and use it among themselves, the younger people speak it only to a more limited degree, as they frequently migrate to nearby towns in search of livelihoods in Jharkhand state. Even the speech of the elders reflects the influence of pronounced language contact. The Birhoɽ language has many loan words from local Indo-Aryan varieties including kin… more
Date: 2021
Creator: Anderson, Gregory D. S.
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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A Trilingual Dictionary of Birhoɽ: Birhoɽ-Hindi-English (PDF)

Description: Writing a dictionary for a critically endangered language like Birhoɽ is a difficult task. While the older community members still retain their language and use it among themselves, the younger people speak it only to a more limited degree, as they frequently migrate to nearby towns in search of livelihoods in Jharkhand state. Even the speech of the elders reflects the influence of pronounced language contact. The Birhoɽ language has many loan words from local Indo-Aryan varieties including kin… more
Date: 2021
Creator: Anderson, Gregory D. S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT College of Information
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